Galentine’s Day has only been celebrated for the last 10 years or so. It originated in America but is becoming popular in the UK too. It’s now quite a familiar term with younger people. Galentine’s Day is February 13th – the day before Valentine’s Day. It’s a day...
This is a pair of words that lots of learners of British English find challenging. In this post, I’m going to explain the difference for you. There is also a video at the bottom of the page so you can hear the difference. HOLY /ˈhəʊ.li/: The vowel is the first...
Liverpool is a city in the north of England with a distinctive accent (the way words are pronounced) and dialect (the actual words that are used). The accent here is completely different from accents spoken even just a few miles away. Watch this video of footballers...
When I was growing up, I remember being “corrected” and told that the way I spoke was “wrong”. The reason? I used glottal stops. The glottal stop is a common sound in British English and often replaces /t/ between vowels like...
Many words in English originate from other languages but we no longer think of them as foreign words. Examples include “restaurant” (French origin), “algebra” (Arabic origin) and “bungalow” (Hindi origin). Some words though still look and feel like they are borrowed....
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